Nursing intervention on the medication of elder people with hypertensive
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2013.03.010
- VernacularTitle:护理干预对高龄高血压患者用药依从性的影响
- Author:
Ying-Xia MA
1
;
Wei-Wei HAO
;
Fu-Qing CUI
Author Information
1. 海军总医院干部保健科
- Keywords:
Hypertension;
Elder;
Medication;
Care;
Health education
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2013;19(3):280-282
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the effect of health education on the medication compliance of elder people (≥80 years) with hypertensive.Methods Between January 2010 and July 2011,78 cases of cadres outpatient elderly hypenensive patients were randomly divided into experimental group and control group,experimental group (n =48) received the routine care intervention on the basis of the enhancement of health education,control group (n =30) treated with conventional medication during the nursing intervention,medication compliance and prescribed circumstances were compared between the two groups after nursing intervention.Results The compliance average score were (7.67 ± 0.81) and (5.24 ± 1.08) respectively in the experimental group and the control group,and the difference was statistically significant (t =11.32,P ＜0.05).The rate of refrain from smoking,drinking,adequate exercise,proper diet of experimental group were significantly higher than that of control group [(77.50％ vs 25.00％),(71.94％ vs 18.18％),(75.76％ vs30.43％),(73.17％ vs 41.67％); x2 =18.414,16.154,11.368,6.348,respectively; P ＜ 0.01)]Conclusions It is very important to strengthen health education for elderly hypertensive patients so as to improve their compliance behaviors of elderly patients,their lifestyle,medication compliance,blood pressure control.
